Boxster Subaru conversion interest?

[The Radium King]

sorry if i was misunderstood. i understand the structural role the oem plate plays. i just noted that it also has air scoops build into it to direct air over the transmission, and that the boxster transmission needs all the cooling it can get. so , his system may work for a built transmission, but for the rest of us track rats we may miss the additional cooling. also, if you look, his truss system doesn't hit all the tie-in points that the oem plate does, so there may actually be some lost rigidity in some directions.

[kcpaz]

The only part it misses is the two bolts that go into the factory steel crossmember in the front and that part doesn't exist anymore. Instead, I integrated the engine cradle into those parts of the sub-frame so it's actually stronger than it ever was. Now the question is how strong are the 4 sub-frame bolts and their attachment points in chassis? I am planning on keeping a close watch on these and if I see any sort of deflection or cracking, I will be integrating the roll cage into those points.

[insite]

Originally Posted by The Radium King

sorry if i was misunderstood. i understand the structural role the oem plate plays. i just noted that it also has air scoops build into it to direct air over the transmission, and that the boxster transmission needs all the cooling it can get. so , his system may work for a built transmission, but for the rest of us track rats we may miss the additional cooling. also, if you look, his truss system doesn't hit all the tie-in points that the oem plate does, so there may actually be some lost rigidity in some directions.

hard to say whether the old plate increases airflow or whether there is more airflow with the transaxle completely exposed.

as to the tie-ins? i missed it before, but it looks like the boxed steel crossmember that connects the lower control arm sub-frame mounts has been removed in this application in order to make room for the exhaust and engine carrier. in its place are two provisions: the first is the lateral bar that ties the lower control arm subframes together. the second is the engine carrier itself.

in a boxster engined configuration, this truss could tie in with the boxed crossmember, as the OEM shear plate does, although i'm not sure if anything is lost by simply removing the shear plate & installing the truss as pictured on the subie car.....

regardless, i am awestruck by the amount of work that's gone into this. simply amazing.